Lavinia GOATHAM

1920 - 2004  (84 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Lavinia GOATHAM
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	25 Jan 1920	Ospringe, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Lavinia q1 1920 mother's maiden name: Penfold, Faversham RD 2a 2376. Actual date from death registration index, same date in 1939 registration (index on FMP, viewed 1 Jan 2016); place from the 1921 census
  Gender	Female
  Died	Mar 2004	Kent Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Mar 2004 Kent RD register KDP4, district / sub 564/1P , entry 146, aged 84
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Lavinia GOATHAM,   b. 25 Jan 1920, Ospringe, Kent, England ,   d. Mar 2004, Kent Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 84 years) ▻ Robert John James GATES,  m. Jun Q 1942 + 2. Joan Doris GOATHAM,   b. Dec Q 1923, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 5 Feb 2020, Memorial Hospital, Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 97 years) ▻ Harold Bertram HART,  m. Mar Q 1942 + 3. George GOATHAM,   b. 24 May 1925, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 3 Jul 1990, 30, Ospringe Street, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age 65 years) ▻ Sylvia June EMERY,  m. Mar Q 1955   4. Thomas GOATHAM,   b. Dec Q 1929, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 17 Apr 2018, Kent Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (10 x Great Grandfather)  Lavinia PENFOLD,   b. 9 Oct 1897, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 18 Nov 1972, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 75 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I3840	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	George Henry GOATHAM,   b. 17 May 1897, Faversham, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1969, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lavinia PENFOLD,   b. 9 Oct 1897, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 18 Nov 1972, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 75 years)
  Married	4 Aug 1919	St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, George H to Penfold, Lavinia q3 1919 Faversham RD 2a 2955 Actual date given by Lavinia in an application for maintenance and custody, in 1939.
  Separated	From 29 Dec 1937
  Petty sessions	5 Jul 1939	Faversham, Kent, England
  	Faversham Borough: application for custody and maintenance
  	In Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal of 8 July 1939 it was reported: "Maintenance of Children Wife refuses to go back to her husband At the Faversham Borough Petty Ses- sions on Wednesday Lavinia Goatham [1?]8, Wallers Row, for the custody and maintenance of two of her children, aged 14 and 9. Mr. Wilfrid Mowll appeared for the wife. The wife stated that she was married on August 4th, 1919. There were four children of the marriage. She separated from her husband on December 29th 1937. He paid her 15/- a week until August, 1938. He then told her that he would pay up if she had him back, but she did not want him back owing to his laziness. She had been receiving 15/- a week parish relief. Defendant said he could not understand why his wife left him. He never drank or sturck her. The house was open for her to come back to. She simply said she was tired, but that was absurd. He thought he had been too easy. She had taken all the furniture. He could not do cherry picking as a wound in one of his arms would not let him move ladders. He might be able to do a little pea pick- ing. What little he earnt was casual. The Probation Officer (Mr. G. F. Jacques) said he was convinced that Mrs. Goatham was a good mother and that the children were well looked after. He felt the man had been done an injustice by the Labour Exchange through someone telling them something about the man. Lavinia Goatham, a daughter, stated that her father was lazy. The Mayor said it was a very difficult case to decide. This unhappy position was as much to do with the wife as with the husband. The only charge against him was that he was lazy, but his terrible wound might be partly responsible for this, and they felt they could not order him to pay more than 2/6 a week for each child until they reached the age of 16. Defendant said he would do his best to pay the 5/- a week. The wife said she could not accept that amount. The Clerk said she would have to abide by the decision of the Bench. The Bench remited the Court costs."
  Reconciled	Between 5 Jul 1939 and 29 Sep 1939
  	The family were living together again by the time of the 1939 registration. Whether this was because Lavinia could not manage on the amount awareded, or because of the war, or ...?
  Family ID	F1436	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert John James GATES,   b. 25 May 1919, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 17 Dec 1969, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 50 years)
  Married	Jun Q 1942	Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Ospringe, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Lavinia to Gates, Robert J J q2 1942 Sittingbourne RD 2a 3640
  Children	2 children
  1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F306	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart